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Experts Praise Our Love & Sex Programs

Looking to improve your relationship? Therapists and couples both appreciate Shared Couple's Trance.

There IS help for premature ejaculation and erectile dysfunction. Our programs draw on the strengths of two professional therapists, combining sex therapy exercises with hypnosis for a complete solution.

Michelle helped us to strengthen our relationship to become a nurturing and protective sanctuary in the face of adversity. She helped us to become even closer and more supportive of each other, and to this day I remember her words of wisdom and compassion.

— Wes and Linda Robinson
— Couple

This is the approach that works! Having Dr. Block explain it, so that any man can get results, is a huge bonus. No more frustration, no more disappointment, no more wasting time on gimmicks, this is the real thing. My strongest recommendation for this CD.

— Annette Lebor, MA, LCSW
— Psychotherapist and Sex Therapist

It would be easy to review Dr. Ritterman's compact disc of shared and separate track trances for couples on the basis of her skill with hypnotic techniques, carefully chosen metaphors or brilliance of her creative and groundbreaking ideas. Rather than describe what is best experienced, I prefer to review her masterpiece on the basis of what sets it apart from any other that could be created which would be designed to remind a couple of the importance of keeping shared memories alive and also maintaining a healthy independent identity.

What comes through that would be such an enhancement to any couple who is listening to these trances is the feeling of being understood and cared about by Dr. Ritterman. One feels her wisdom and support in the quality, timber, pitch and lilt of her voice. The authenticity of who she is flows so naturally in this organic creation that her message is magnified. This CD is hypnotic intervention at its finest and a true work of art.

— Helen Adrienne, LCSW, BCD

Lonnie Barbach, Ph.D. is the premier advocate of sexual well-being in the world. She is a master teacher and master clinician. Listen carefully and learn fully to reclaim your sexual vitality at the deepest levels of human experience.

— Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D., Director
— The Milton H. Erickson Foundation

In listening to this couple's tape, I had my first opportunity to sample Dr. Ritterman's work. While she skillfully incorporates the standard Ericksonian techniques into these trances, her wonderful style and approach also are uniquely her own.

— Kathleen Donaghy Ph.D.
— Phoenix, AZ
— The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter, Summer 2006

After 30 years as America's foremost sex therapist, Lonnie Barbach still has some new things to teach us. Using hypnosis techniques in innovative, down-to-earth ways, Lonnie helps listeners to slow down and actually develop alternatives to performance pressure and anxiety.

These CDs offer the best kind of teaching--they guide men and women in accessing our own wisdom. Lonnie explicitly focuses on each person's uniqueness, and explains how this relates to sexual choices and satisfaction.

Anyone listening to these CDs will learn how to listen to their own heart and their own body. Combined with wonderful examples and metaphors, professional pacing, and obvious compassion, Lonnie and her partner offer a comprehensive, realistic program for improving sexual pleasure and intimacy.

— Marty Klein, Ph.D. Sex Therapist
— Publisher, Sexual Intelligence
— Palo Alto, CA

Lonnie Barbach, Ph.D. is the premier advocate of sexual well-being in the world. She is a master teacher and master clinician. Listen carefully and learn fully to reclaim your sexual vitality at the deepest levels of human experience.

— Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D., Director
— The Milton H. Erickson Foundation
— www.erickson-foundation.org

In Shared Couple's Trance, Michele Ritterman eloquently helps couples develop their skills in relationships. She guides partners to discover ways to build intimacy and closeness, and also to develop as separate and unique individuals within the relationship. Michele is creative and poetic in her use of language. She presents us with metaphors and stories that are fascinating, engaging and powerful. This CD is masterful and it has my highest recommendation.

— Rita M. Sherr, L.C.S.W., B.C.D.
— Director of Education and Training
— The New York Milton H. Erickson Society for Psychotherapy and Hypnosis

Dr. Block explains how to easily apply effective, research-based techniques. His style is engaging and supportive. This approach will help men and their partners enhance their intimate time together. I heartily recommend this CD.

— Sherry Henig, Ph.D.,
— clinical psychologist

When I received my review copy of Shared Couples Trance by Michele Ritterman Ph.D., I decided that rather than simply to listen with a view to critique this, I would take this programme for a real life test drive it instead.

I asked my long term partner to join me in the shared experience. He agreed, albeit reluctantly, and, as suggested, we found ourselves a comfortable place and the session began.

I remember thinking, ''This really is PURE Ericksonian Hypnotherapy at its very best . . . '' but lost consciousness soon after!

The two days following this session have been most surprising to us both. We began talking about issues that we had never addressed before, and I would really say that we began to look at each other in a whole new light. This is not something I would say lightly, nor is it something that I would have expected to have happened; after all, we have known each other for a very long time now and I'm sure we thought we'd gotten to the bottom of each other by now.

I can only say that this experience has been immeasurably valuable for us both as individuals AND for our relationship. I would personally like to express my gratitude for this unexpected turn of events to Michele, and for anyone thinking about using this programme, I would highly recommend that you give it a try.

It is a truly unusual chance to open doors that may otherwise have remained locked forever.

— Silvia Hartmann
— Author, Project Sanctuary

Michele Ritterman's new CD of couples' trances is outstanding. I particularly liked the part describing the imagery of the brain expanding and contracting in an opposite pattern from breathing. The imagery she used was very beautiful. And the powerful story she told at the end still sticks with me. Thank you, Dr. Ritterman, for helping couples reconnect in such a powerful way. I shall be proud to recommend it to my clients.

— Patricia Davis
— Family Therapist
— New Mexico

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